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When a Man's a Prince

The plot has Ben Turpin as the prince of a mythical country who is being forced to wed a princess not of his choosing. In 1947, an outfit headed by J.J.Balaber, called Grand International Pictures, acquired 1,300,000 feet of Mack Sennet films with the intentions of editing 26 short comedies from them. The first of these was a 13 minute short edited from "When a Man's A Prince" and released on June 18,1947 as the first of the "Americana Comedy Film Classic Series."

Top Cast

  • Ben Turpin

    Ben Turpin

    Prince Nikolo

  • Madeline Hurlock

    Madeline Hurlock

    Madeline - Lady-in-Waiting

  • Dave Morris

    Dave Morris

    Grand Duke Ludwig

  • Blanche Payson

    Blanche Payson

    Hilda - Princess of Amazonia

  • Yorke Sherwood

    Yorke Sherwood

    Jake - King of Jestphalia

  • Sunshine Hart

    Sunshine Hart

    Katinka - Queen of Jestphalia

  • Danny O'Shea

    Danny O'Shea

    Baron Borax

  • William McCall

    William McCall

    Minister of War

  • Art Rowlands

    Art Rowlands

    Guardsman

Overview

The plot has Ben Turpin as the prince of a mythical country who is being forced to wed a princess not of his choosing. In 1947, an outfit headed by J.J.Balaber, called Grand International Pictures, acquired 1,300,000 feet of Mack Sennet films with the intentions of editing 26 short comedies from them. The first of these was a 13 minute short edited from "When a Man's A Prince" and released on June 18,1947 as the first of the "Americana Comedy Film Classic Series."

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